Miscellaneous

GameFest: Don’t Forget the Exhibition!

Exhibition-goers walk past Nam June Paik’s Electronic Superhighway (second photo). The American Art Museum will be highlighting the work of video art pioneer Paik with a show of his work in December 2012. While GameFest is taking place in both our Kogod Courtyard and McEvoy Auditorium, people are also taking in The Art of VideoRead… Read more »

GameFest: Chun-Li

GameFest attendee dressed as Chun Li from the video game Street Fighter II. The Street Fighter series released by Capcom in 1987 is one of the best-selling video game series of all time. The character of Chun-Li is notable for being the first female playable character in a fighting video game. Original post

Let the GameFest Begin!

The Art of Video Games opened yesterday and as part of our opening festivities GameFest is well underway this weekend. We will be posting images throughout the day. There are a number of game consoles available for play in our Kogod Courtyard. This man is trying his hand at Space Channel 5. First released inRead… Read more »

Please Help A Federal Agency In A Technology Search

I’ve been asked, along with several other volunteer researchers, to brainstorm to produce a list of new technologies to bring to the attention of several federal CTOs. This is part of a not-for-profit activity designed to help keep a slice of the federal community informed. I would appreciate it if I could enlist your helpRead… Read more »